Murder By The Book

Murder by the Book is a contemporary mystery with notes of dark academia that explores the role of readers in the fiction we consume. Featuring a neurodivergent protagonist, it is a novel for lovers of classic literature and modern mysteries alike.

Content

Warnings

Ableism

Cursing

Gaslighting

Gun Violence

Injury

Kidnapping/Confinement

Medical Content

Misogyny

Murder

Police Brutality

Stalking

Violence against women

(Discussion of) Drug Abuse

(Discussion of) Toxic Relationships

(Mention of) Sexual Assault

(Mention of) Self-Harm

(Mention of) Vomit


References

“Annabell Lee,” Edgar Allen Poe

Art of Death: Visual Culture in the English Death Ritual c.1500 - c.1800, Nigel Llewellyn

The Art of the Pre-Raphaelites, Elizabeth Prettejohn

Botanical Shakespeare: An Illustrated Compendium of All the Flowers, Fruits, Herbs, Trees, Seeds, and Grasses Cited by the World's Greatest Playwright, Gerit Quealy and Sumie Hasegawa Collins

Desdemona (Othello), Frederic Leighton, Leighton House, London

“Don Juan,” George Gordon, Lord Byron

“Female Murder Victims and Victim-Offender Relationship,” Erica L. Smith, Bureau of Justice Statistics

“Guy de Vere,” Edgar Allen Poe

Hamlet, William Shakespeare

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte

La Belle Dame sans Merci, Frank Bernard Dicksee, Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

“The Lady of Shalott,” Alfred, Lord Tennyson

The Lady of Shalott, William Holman Hunt, Wadsworth Atheneum, Connecticut

The Lady of Shalott, John William Waterhouse, The Tate Gallery London

Le Morte d'Arthur, Thomas Malory

Measure for Measure, William Shakespeare

Nemesis, Agatha Christie

Ophelia, Sir John Everett Millais, The Tate Gallery, London

Othello, William Shakespeare

Painting with Light: Art and Photography from the Pre-Raphaelite to the Modern Age, Carol Jacobi and Hope Kingsley

The Pre-Raphaelite Language of Flowers, Debra N. Mancoff

Reading the Pre-Raphaelites, Tim Barringer

The Secret Language of the Renaissance: Decoding the Hidden Symbolism of Italian Art, Richard Stemp

“The Tell-Tale Heart,” Edgar Allen Poe